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Battle of Britain airfield

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Sharing the history of a Battle of Britain airfield
  • Military Aviation Heritage Networks Trail
    Military Aviation Heritage Networks Trail
  • The RAF Kenley Heritage Trail on Kenley Common
    The RAF Kenley Heritage Trail on Kenley Common
  • RAF Kenley and Kenley Common today..
    RAF Kenley and Kenley Common today..

Discover the most intact airfield from WWII

The Kenley Revival Project is a Heritage Lottery Funded project which aims to preserve and protect the most intact fighter airfield from World War II. From our website you’ll be able to see the progress of our project, submit any stories or memories you have and find out how you can volunteer and come to one of our events. Find out more about us or get in touch.

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  • The Royal Tournament, 1919

    The Royal Tournament, 1919

  • Pilot Officer Horace Horne - 615 Squadron and The Battle of France

    Pilot Officer Horace Horne - 615 Squadron and The Battle of France

  • Sapper Ernest Arthur Wheeldon - 703 General Construction Company, Royal Engineers

    Sapper Ernest Arthur Wheeldon - 703 General Construction Company, Royal Engineers

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  • The Royal Tournament, 1919

    Why was this strange photo of a tipped-up bi-plane considered important enough to be printed in the Daily Mail, one of the most successful papers of the day?

  • Pilot Officer William Daniel Disbrey - A Horseshoe for Luck!

    Pilot Officer William Daniel Disbrey wrote off two of No.3 Squadron's Bristol Bulldog fighters within a week during 1934, and escaped relatively unscathed..but would his luck hold out?

  • The Bombing of St. Lawrence's Hospital - 6th November, 1940

    Only two days after the terror of the daylight raid on Chaldon Rd, the area was hit again, this time taking the lives of two women at the opposite ends of life...
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    • Simon Coffey on Corporal Patrick Honey’s Memories of Kenley in the early 1960’sI lived in the same house - 13 Anson Close from 1971-74. My dad was Sgt Michael Coffey.
    • Deborah page ( née Hanna) nelson. New Zealand on Flight Sergeant John Stewart HarriesThank for all that information.
    • John Gray 3/05/2022 on Pilot Officer John Edward ShrimptonJohn Edward Shrimpton was the older brother to my Grandmother Mavis Angela Sybil Shrimpton
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